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Southern Province (Victoria)

Coordinates: 38°0′S 145°30′E / 38.000°S 145.500°E / -38.000; 145.500
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Southern Province
VictoriaLegislative Council
Southern Province, 1856
StateVictoria
Created1856
Abolished1970

Southern Province (also known as South Province)[1] was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council.[2][3]

Southern Province was created in 1856, after the colony of Victoria obtained self-government. It was one of the six original Legislative Council provinces of the newly established bicameral Victorian Parliament.[1][2] Southern Province was finally abolished in 1970, after Boronia Province and Templestowe Province were created in 1967.[3]

Members for Southern Province

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The Victorian Legislative Council was the upper house the Victorian Parliament. The province was initially represented by five members.[2][3] That was reduced to three after the redistribution of provinces in 1882, when South Eastern, South Yarra, North Yarra, North Eastern, North Central, Melbourne East, Melbourne North, Melbourne South, Melbourne West and Wellington Provinces were created.[3] After 1904, when more provinces were created, the representation was reduced to two.[4][5]

Prior to self-government, Donald Kennedy had been a nominated member of the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council, from September 1854 to March 1856.[3]

In 1882, after the new provinces were created, James Balfour was elected for South Western Province from 1882 to 1904, and James Buchanan was elected for South Eastern Province from 1882 to 1898.

After Southern Province was abolished, Raymond Garrett represented Templestowe Province, from 1970 to 1976.[3]

Member 1 Party Year Member 2 Party Member 3 Party Member 4 Party Member 5 Party
  John Bennett   1856   William J. T. Clarke     Thomas Power     Thomas McCombie     Donald Kennedy  
1858
1859   Gideon Rutherford  
1860   William Degraves  
1861   Joseph Sutherland  
1862   William J. T. Clarke  
  John Bear   1863
1864   William Taylor  
1864   William Henry Pettett  
1866   John Sherwin  
1868   William à Beckett  
1868
1870   Frank Dobson  
1870
1871   Thomas Hamilton  
1872
1874   James Balfour  
1874
1876   James Buchanan  
  William Clarke   1878
1880
1882   Donald Melville    
1884   Thomas Henty  
1886
1887   Charles James  
1888
1890   Thomas Brunton  
1892
1894
1896
  Rupert Clarke   1897
1898
1900
1902
  William Embling   1904   Nicholas Fitzgerald    
1907
1908   George Dickie  
1910
1910   Russell Clarke  
  William Angliss   1912
1913
1916
  Nationalist 1917   Nationalist
1919
1922
1925
1928
1931
  United Australia 1931   United Australia
1934
1937 Gilbert Chandler
1940
1943
  Liberal 1945   Liberal
1946
  Liberal and Country 1949   Liberal and Country
1949
  Roy Rawson Labor 1952
1955
  Raymond Garrett Liberal and Country 1958
1961
1964
 

Election results

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1964 Victorian state election: Southern Province
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal and Country Raymond Garrett 106,429 43.8 −1.8
Labor Geraldus Den Dulk 100,331 41.3 +2.4
Democratic Labor Raymond Studham 36,258 14.9 −0.6
Total formal votes 243,018 97.0 +0.1
Informal votes 7,416 3.0 −0.1
Turnout 250,434 94.9 +0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal and Country Raymond Garrett 139,352 57.3 −2.0
Labor Geraldus Den Dulk 103,666 42.7 +2.0
Liberal and Country hold Swing −2.0

References

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  1. ^ a b "Victoria Constitution Act 1855" (PDF). Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  5. ^ "State Elections in Victoria". Australian Town and Country Journal. 8 June 1904.

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